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Brad Schrade is an investigative reporter.

Day-care owners fear coming changes in state

Care providers brace for an indiscriminate crackdown as the state weighs tougher rules.

Updated: December 09, 2012, - 03:09 PM

Body pulled from Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis

Firefighters have recovered a body from the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis around noon Saturday. A person wandered into a fire station blocks from the river in the morning and said his intoxicated friend had gone into the river, according to an emergency dispatch supervisor.

Updated: December 08, 2012, - 05:07 PM

Makeover proposed for sex offender program

Task force urges a network of regional treatment centers.

Updated: December 03, 2012, - 07:34 PM

Drug fraud settlement will net Minn. $4.5M

Abbott Labs admitted to illegal marketing of an anti-psychotic drug. Total payout across U.S. is $1.6 billion.

Updated: October 23, 2012, - 07:40 PM

Anoka County rolls out online child-care search tool

Anoka County has created an online tool to help parents find and evaluate child-care providers in an effort to close the information gap many parents face in choosing safe care for their children.

Updated: October 22, 2012, - 08:46 PM

Home day cares present extra set of challenges

More than 700 home daycares have been shut down since 2002 for violations ranging from drinking to domestic violence.

Updated: October 22, 2012, - 01:08 PM

Sexual abusers in day cares are often other kids

More than 65 children have been sexually abused in Minnesota child-care facilities since 2007 in cases often linked to supervision failures by in-home providers.

Updated: October 22, 2012, - 09:48 AM

Obituary: From early on, Paul Kramer wanted to draw

Paul S. Kramer was born in rural North Dakota, but decided early that farming and schooling weren't for him. Instead he turned to art, and it sustained him for decades as a painter, a gallery director, a teacher to scores of aspiring artists, and eventually, as one of the most respected Minnesota artists of the 20th century.

Updated: September 20, 2012, - 11:28 PM

Pushed by grieving parents, Kansas makes sweeping reforms

Kansas confronted child-care safety lapses five years ago and now receives national accolades from child advocates. It could hold a lesson for Minnesota and other states.

Updated: September 17, 2012, - 10:15 AM